On This Day, 22 March 1916

Birmingham Mail

Wednesday 22 March 1916

BIRMINGHAM EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL

MANY SOLDIERS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.

Mr. J. Milliken Smith, presiding to-day at the annual meeting of the subscribers of the Birmingham and Midland Ear and Throat Hospital, stated that valuable assistance had been given to the military authorities. One ward was placed at their disposal for the treatment of special ear and throat cases occurring among soldiers until a ward could be opened at one of the military hospitals. Seventy-seven soldiers were treated as in-patients at the institution, and 372 were out-patients. In many cases the soldiers were rendered fit for service again. A large number of cases sent to the hospital from the various recruiting offices were also give gratuitous treatment. The total number of visits by out-patients at the institution was 22,433, and the in-patients numbered 1,110. As many patients came from districts outside Birmingham, Mr. Smith expressed the hope that the outside areas would more liberally recognise the claims of the institution, especially as the subscriptions had fallen off by £42.